I have written a lot recently about food: the Mediterranean Lifestyle, Eating Habits In Spain, and a number of Restaurant Reviews ranging from Menú del Día’s to a Festival Of Octopus.
One reason for this is that Sands and I have been trying to settle on a balanced and healthy diet and lifestyle that reflects the [...]
Mediterranean Lifestyle
March 9th, 2010La Fantasia on Mojácar Playa
March 5th, 2010I recently had lunch at La Fantasia on Mojácar Playa. I nearly didn’t. It was our third choice. I do not mean that out of disrespect, just that the first two restaurants that had been suggested to me were closed on Tuesday lunchtimes. I really am not sure that I understand why in the current [...]
Sin Alcohol
January 1st, 2010This will be the 20th successive year that I have given up alcohol for January. Actually that isn’t technically correct! It will be the 20th successive January that I have not drank alcohol in January, but in 2001 my month off became two years on the old sin alcohol wagon so I guess I didn’t [...]
Mulled Wine
December 13th, 2009Thought I would look up a recipe for how they make Mulled Wine in Spain before the Christmas Book, DVD and CD Sale at Ankara next Saturday (19th) as they are selling Mulled Wine for 2€ along with Coffee and a Mince Pie for 2€ to help raise some funds for the Almerimar Life Strays
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Remembering Orla – One Year Today
November 26th, 2009Updated 6pm on 10th December with photo of Tattoo
Updated 7pm on 26th with photo of the steaks we cooked.
Little Orla – Loved dearly and missed every day!
It is a year today that we sadly had to have Orla (Baby C) put to sleep. At the time it was a shock to [...]
Oscar Birthday Photos & Video
November 25th, 2009 Oscar Aged One
Oscar certainly enjoyed his birthday yesterday! The day started with some fresh fish which all three ofthem devoured in no time. Next it was time for his presents – a feather on a stick and a new hammock. The feather was a great success with all three of the [...]
Happy Birthday Oscar (aka Little Face)
November 24th, 2009 Big Grown-up Oscar
Oscar, or Little Face is one year old today, so Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you ….
Rescued by Dawn and Nick who helps out with Sands Almerimar Strays from drowning in the marina he was destined for Germany until we had to Foster him for a while. He [...]
The Price Of Cauliflower & A Full English!
November 20th, 2009Had a couple of conversations this week about the price of cauliflower. I know sad eh? I remember not to long ago that the topic of conversation amongst the guys in the bar was football, golf, cricket, woman and what strength of curry you ate! Well before you think that old age has finally caught [...]
A Bachelors Saturday
November 15th, 2009Sands and I have been married for 17.5 years, and have always tended to be a couple that are very comfortable in their own company. Neither of us have really ever desired groups, regular events, clubs etc. Sands tends to have a girls night out from time to time, but I tend towards the hermit [...]
The Lost Breakfast
November 14th, 2009Yesterday I was meeting Dave from The Reader for a coffee and a chat. Now over the year I have learnt that this is really code for let’s drink all day, so I thought I would be smart as more often that not we end up drinking for hours, eating tapas all day, and then [...]
June & July Through The Almerimar Life WebCam
August 16th, 2009Thought I would leave it a couple of months this time before producing the movie from the Almerimar Life WebCam for June and July. I then left it so long it has a little of August in it as well. I wanted to do a couple of months this time to try and see if [...]
£71 a day – the cost of a holiday in the UK
July 28th, 2009The £71 a day figure just jumped out at me when I read the article on Expat Life Spain (see below) about the cost of a holiday in the UK. In many ways it is no surprise as I have always said that what makes Almerimar so affordable even now during the recession, is that [...]
Bought a USB Card Reader From Photo Centro
July 27th, 2009Just been down to Photo Centro to buy a USB Card Reader for Sands iMac. Now she is getting more and more into taking photographs for her ALStrays site I thought it would be easier to have a USB Card Reader permanantly attached to her iMac rather than having to connect whichever camera she used [...]
Blue Sea & Blue Sky Desktop Photo
July 21st, 2009The blue sea of the mediteranean, the blue skys of Spain are phrases we use and hear all the time, so I thought I would post this photo this week showing two sailing boats enjoying the peace and tranquility of a perfect summers day here in Almerimar.
Again, this photo was taken from the roof of [...]
Almerimar Info: Photo Centro Lottery
July 14th, 2009Not sure if you have been into Photo Centro in Darsena 3 recently, but it is well worth a visit if only to spend 1€ on the Lottery that they are currently running!
The Lottery is open to everyone and tickets cost 1€. First prize is a 32″ LG LCD TV, 2nd prize a 19″ LG [...]
Virgen Del Carmen Desktop Photo
July 13th, 2009Some time ago I used to publish the photograph that I was using as my desktop, or that had particularly caught my eye that week. On reason for doing this was that it gave me a reason to go out into Almerimar with the camera and take some photos, something that I love doing but [...]
